How to install XP on an R61i with a new hard disk

I have an R61i which I've used for years.  The hard disk died and I put in a new unpartitioned hard disk.
Our IT guy has provided me with the six disk set "Thinkpad Product Recovery CD for Thinkpad T61, R61 ... " as well as an OEM MS Windows XP install disk complete with valid product key.
First I tried to boot the Recovery CD #1.  It is not bootable.
Then I installed XP from the MS XP disk.  Everything goes OK, but the drivers for the R61i network interfaces and other special hardware are not on the MS XP disk.  When I look for an application on the Recovery Disks that might install them, there is none.
Then I tried "search for new hardware", so XP found the unsupported network interfaces.  I gave Recovery Disk #1 as the location of the drivers to be loaded.  XP did not find the needed drivers there.
Then I went to the Lenovo site and found an install file for their recovery environment.  I downloaded it on another machine, burned a DVD, and ran it on the R61i.  It won't run because there is no .NET framework in the XP that was loaded from the MS XP disk.
It seems likely that everything that I need to get the R61i set up with all its hardware should be on the recovery disks somewhere, but how can I get to it?
Why is this so difficult?  Surely I am not the only person who has ever had to replace a dead hard drive!!!

Welcome to the forum. The simplest way to get the drivers you need is to download and install ThinkVantage System Update  You'll need  version 3.16 for For Windows 2000, XP and Vista.
After you install SU, run it and let it find all the device drivers, ThinkVantage utilities and such for your system. Then let SU install them for you.
Alternatively you could go to Drivers and software - ThinkPad R61 to manually download and install what you need. That's a lot more work.
Cheers... Dorian Hausman
X1C2, TPT2, T430s, SL500, X61s, T60p, A21p, 770, 760ED... 5160, 5150... S360/30

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